While attending a conference in Oxford, England, Brennan and Booth are called in to assist Scotland Yard with a murder. Meanwhile, Anegla's husband shows up but refuses to sign the divorce papers.
Tropes
- British Royal Guards: When Brennan and Booth go to London, they suspect a Buckingham Palace guardsman of killing the Victim of the Week, but it turns out he only beat the guy up for sleeping with his sister. While waiting for the guard to finish his tour Booth taunts him, knowing that he can't react. When Booth discovers the truth about the two, he apologizes to the guard who very subtly acknowledges Booth with his eyes.
- Busman's Holiday: Booth and Brennan are in the UK to deliver lectures to the experts in their respective fields (Oxford and Scotland Yard), when they're asked to participate on a case involving the death of a wealthy heiress.
- The Butler Did It: Exploited. The butler probably didn't do it, but confesses to spare the duke and his family the embarrassment.
- Drives Like Crazy: Booth cannot adapt to driving in the UK.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Grayson is a well built black man. No one can stop talking about it.
- Foot-Dragging Divorcee: Grayson, Angela's husband that she didn't even remember marrying appears and says he has built a house for her. He won't grant her an annulment/divorce so she can marry Hodgins, but by the end of the episode he relents.
- Gender Flip: Booth and Brennan encounter a flipped version of themselves in the UK. A woman with Scotland Yard and a male scientist. They fight crime.
- Merchant Prince: A powerful American businessman in London uses his political influence to get Booth and Brennan (who are in town for a conference) seconded to Scotland Yard to investigate the death of his daughter, despite the fact that the FBI has no jurisdiction in the UK. Things get more complicated when the businessman becomes a suspect in a second murder.
- Multi-Part Episode: One-half of an two-hour special in which Booth and Brennan journey to the UK.
- Quintessential British Gentleman: The Duke's family. Quite posh.
- Surprise Incest: Portia's secret boyfriend was, unbeknownst to both of them, her half-brother.
- The Theme Park Version: Rather too much to go into but the portrayal of the UK is...less than nuanced.
